RTVA has ruled out returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020, the broadcaster last participated in the contest in 2009.
OGAE Andorra reports that RTVA has ruled out returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020. The Andorran national broadcaster took to Twitter to state that they currently have no plans to return to the Eurovision Song Contest.
There had been increased speculation over the past few months that Andorra could return to the contest. This came as a result of reports that the Andorran broadcaster would be open to co-operating with the Catalan broadcaster TV3, regarding the Eurovision Song Contest.
At the end of March it was revealed that RTVA had been approached by the European Broadcasting Union about returning to the contest in 2015. RTVA had withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest following the 2009 contest due to financial difficulties at the broadcaster. At its peak the broadcaster had considered leaving the EBU to save costs.
In a recent interview with Eurovision Spain, the Director General of RTVA explained that any decision to return is down to support of the nation to return:
Eurovision is a matter of country and although Andorran participation, ultimately, is my decision, the candidacy must be born of political will and citizens
Source: OGAE Andorra
Andorra debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 alongside Albania, Belarus and Serbia and Montenegro. The country participated annually from 2004 to 2009, but never made the final of the contest. They remain the only country to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest and not performed in a final. Andorra’s best result came in 2007 when Anonymous finished 12th in the semi-final scoring 80 points, they were just 11 points away from qualifying for the final.
